Torbjorn Larsson's latest activity
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TTorbjorn Larsson replied to the thread Hubble trouble or Superbubble? Astronomers need to escape the 'supervoid' to solve cosmology crisis.It fails before getting started as it proposes a non-relativistic MOND model.
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TTorbjorn Larsson replied to the thread Double moon mission! SpaceX to launch 2 private lunar landers in January.Some interesting science payloads and a cute Swedish art project rover demo...
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TTorbjorn Larsson replied to the thread Axiom's private space station is coming sooner than we thought.So the ISS will work as an optional build dock. It still makes sense, even more so since the PPTM will hold science racks. Space...
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TTorbjorn Larsson replied to the thread SpaceX's Starship Flight 7 test flight gets FAA launch license. But when will it fly?.FAAr out! And of course I hope the first Starship V2 to demonstrate safe return and tower catch capability. But I also hope that the...
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TTorbjorn Larsson replied to the thread Galaxy-size jet from monster black hole blasts mystery object in deep space (video).My bold: https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/black-hole-jet-stumbles-into-something-in-the-dark/
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TTorbjorn Larsson replied to the thread Ancient cosmic collisions may have birthed the universe's most monstrous galaxies.It is interesting to juxtapose these finds with the recent "Firefly Sparkle" galaxy of Milky Way spiral galaxy progenitor formation...
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TTorbjorn Larsson replied to the thread James Webb Space Telescope suggests 'new cosmic feature' is needed to solve 'Hubble trouble.Yes, since we now have a concordance cosmology (inflation + LCDM). Some subsets may be problematic, but not a significant amount. Yes...
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TTorbjorn Larsson replied to the thread James Webb Space Telescope suggests 'new cosmic feature' is needed to solve 'Hubble trouble.It is of course progress that the precarious cosmic ladder method can rule out bias caused by having had relied on a single instrument...
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TTorbjorn Larsson reacted to Mustellus's post in the thread James Webb Space Telescope suggests 'new cosmic feature' is needed to solve 'Hubble trouble with
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As a 76 year old professional astronomer, I had never, ever seen the Hubble constant cited in MPH/ MPC. It kinda rhymes that way, and... -
TTorbjorn Larsson replied to the thread NASA's Mars exploration plans need 'paradigm shifts' to succeed, report finds.The updated master plan now includes a larger Moon cargo transporter and a rover, nothing that is targeted towards Mars. Here are the...
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TTorbjorn Larsson replied to the thread Comets probably delivered Earth its water long ago, new study reveals.It is certainly possible, the question remains open...
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TTorbjorn Larsson replied to the thread Are planet-killing black holes hiding inside your cat?.Primordial black holes would be exceedingly rare, if they exist at all. And while the study author suggests it would resolve dark...
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TTorbjorn Larsson reacted to Unclear Engineer's post in the thread Are planet-killing black holes hiding inside your cat? with Like.
First, this is wrong: "As you were reading that sentence, hundreds of trillions of neutrons passed through your body at near the speed...
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TTorbjorn Larsson replied to the thread Spiderweb protocluster is filled with baby galaxies, James Webb Space Telescope reveals (image).The dust data implies a shared gas supply driving star formation towards galaxy growth, but that is partly in tension where observations...
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TTorbjorn Larsson replied to the thread Cataclysmic' solar storm hit Earth around 2687 years ago, ancient tree rings reveal.The "rare Earth" filters are daft since they are untestable. just add more factors until you get the answer you want to have. Almost as...
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